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INMATE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT

An inmate at the state's Wende Correctional Facility in Alden was charged with assault after he bit two prison guards on the hands as they tried to put him into his cell Saturday night, state police said Sunday.

The officers, whose names were not released, were attempting to subdue Andres Astacio, who had become agitated, when the inmate bit them, police said. The officers were treated in Erie County Medical Center, then released.